Laos Dam Collapses, and Hundreds Are Missing
New York TimesHONG KONG — Hundreds of people were missing on Tuesday after a billion-dollar hydropower dam that was under construction in Laos collapsed, killing several people and displacing more than 6,600 others, a state news agency said....Last year, Radio Free Asia…
Trump’s Twitter Threat vs. Iran: Loud but Hardly Clear
New York TimesFor more than a decade, Mr. Bolton advocated “the overthrow of the mullahs’ regime in Tehran.” But he recently told Voice of America that leadership change was “not the objective of the administration.” Mr. Pompeo likewise stopped short of calling…
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Defends Itself
New York TimesThe broadcaster rejects a charge of engaging in propaganda. To the Editor: Re “U.S.-Funded Broadcaster Directed Ads at Americans” (Business Day, July 20): Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty rejects any suggestion that our journalists are engaged in propaganda. Despite our congressional…
